Motorcyclist dead in multiple vehicle crash

Killeen Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that happened near the intersection of Stan Schlueter Loop and South Fort Hood Road around 3:30 p.m.

Officials arrived on scene and found that a car was driving eastbound on Stan Schlueter Loop waiting to turn left into the McDonald's parking lot when the driver of a truck traveling westbound in the inside lane stopped and motioned to the driver of the car to cross over.

The driver of the car began making the turn into a parking lot when a motorcycle that was traveling in the outside westbound lane struck the car and hit a Jeep that was exiting McDonalds.

Simon Navarez, 37, the driver of the motorcycle, was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and pronounced dead by an attending physiscian.